Exiftool by Phil Harvey can write data to text files which can then be opened in EXCEL.

See http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/

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I got my K5 yesterday, courtesy of SRS (ordered on Tuesday am). The neighbours took it in for me from Parcelforce during the day. I was at home for an hour before the neighbours returned for me to collect it from them

Four and a half hours to charge the battery was purgatory, completed 00:05 Wednesday, so a few street shots out of the bedroom window to kick off.

Ser.No. 4008xxx, build date 24/02/11, v1.01 just upgraded to v1.03 and zero shutter count to start with.

Just test shots at the moment, mainly with 18-55 Mk1 as it seems to suit better, balance-wise but will swap to 16-45 for better IQ.

Agree with Simon and not Mike-P for now; the LH grip is almost not there!

Time to persevere and get to know it at the weekend.

Would you tell us which brand and seller at that price please, Smeggy?

On the label on the card, a small number enclosed in a circle usually indicates the class of card.

I don't remember seeing this on older cards.

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With the K5's 7 fps capability, what class (or range) of memory card is required to exploit this? 4,10...Ultra, Extreme, Extreme Pro?

It cost me £7 to send a 55-300 (440g) by Special Delivery to Johnsons, in its' box then packed with polystyrene chips in a larger box. It was insured up to £500.

The 18-135 is 405g, so unless you go mad with packaging, should be no more.

Hi, Cliff.

I like version 2. The tones look right on the bridge & train and for that I think you are allowed to loose a little of the sky highlights.

Best of all I like the composition as you have given the engines the space to move into.

I like the mono conversion and the sharp detail on "fly" too.


Nice captures too, John but skies like that, I know are the bane of steam photographers lives.

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The problem of Ricoh/Rikenon lenses becoming stuck on digital bodies has been discussed often here.

Can someone confirm that it is those lenses with a pin on the mount that are the problem ones (my Rikenon 50mm f2 is fine, probably M series equivalent).

I am looking at A series equivalent lenses and want to avoid other makes/series that get stuck?

Sorry to labour this but I went from M-series equivalent film lenses to DA lenses so I lack knowledge of what came between.

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One of my local camera shops has a pair of 80-200 zooms that are tempting given the price.

One is a Cosina f4.5-5.6 (to f22), labelled as MC MACRO with 52mm filter thread and labelled "Super Cosina".

The other is a Tokina SZ-X f4.5-5.6 (to f32) again with 52mm filter.

Both have an A-setting on the aperture ring.

Both are manual focus and markedly smaller and lighter than my Tamron 80-210 which is optically quite good but a bit patchy on metering with a PK-A adaptor.

I have looked at the lens database on the other forum but neither are listed, so I wondered if anyone would care to pass commment on these two lenses.

Are they likely to be a problem on digital bodies (like Ricoh auto lenses) and would they suit my MZ6?

Thanks in anticipation,

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When my K10D + 55-300 jumped out of my rucksack and hit the ground, it was the lens that gave way. 3/5 screws snapped out of the lens body behind the mount. The camera held tight onto the metal mount.

Incidentally, one of my batteries now seems to not hold its' charge as well as it used to- possibly the one in the K10 at the time of the accident.

Therefore I feel the camera mount is pretty robust.